Raw and exhilarating, Eating My Grandmother embodies the visceral paradox of grief.' - Kristina Olsson, award - winning author of Boy, Lost Raised by her maternal grandmother, Australian novelist and bookseller Krissy Kneen was understandably bereft when she died. In the midst of writing a novel, she suddenly found herself paralysed with grief and unable to write fiction. Instead, she became obsessed with writing poems about her grandmother as a way to assuage her loss. The result is an award - winning collection of poems that charts a cycle of grieving, offering a kaleidoscope of fitful dreams, tender memories and heart - struck musings that shine new light on our own sense of mortality.
- ISBN13 9781459696983
- Publish Date 23 July 2015 (first published 1 July 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint ReadHowYouWant
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 104
- Language English